Material Planner Level 1 (1st shift)

With more than 120 operations and approximately 20,000 employees worldwide, Precision Castparts Corp. is the market leader in manufacturing large, complex structural investment castings, airfoil castings, forged components, aerostructures and highly engineered, critical fasteners for aerospace applications. In addition, we are the leading producer of airfoil castings for the industrial gas turbine market. We also manufacture extruded seamless pipe, fittings, and forgings for power generation and oil & gas applications; commercial and military airframe aerostructures; and metal alloys and other materials for the casting and forging industries. With such critical applications, we insist on quality and dependability - not just in the materials and products we make, but in the people we recruit.

PCC is relentless in its dedication to being a high-quality, low-cost and on-time producer; delivering the highest value to its customers while continually pursuing strategic, profitable growth.

In 2016, Berkshire Hathaway, led by Chairman and CEO Warren E. Buffett, acquired Precision Castparts Corp.

Position Summary:

Schedules and coordinates flow of raw material and paperwork between the Inventory Control and production departments by performing the following duties, with constant supervision.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

• Maintains inventory of raw material needed to complete on time production.
• Compiles and maintains computerized records such as material inventory, in process production reports, and status and location of materials.
• Compiles computerized stock control records and information such as consumption rate, characteristics of stock on hand, and current market conditions, to determine stock supply and need for replenishment.
• Coordinates utilization of inventory from Shultz Steel LLC.
• Negotiates and finalizes purchases of raw material for assigned material classes.
• Includes all phases of mill contact, including coordination of claims and debits.
• Assists Sales personnel with material and inventory information, including mill quotes.
• Establishes priorities for specific customer orders.
• Computes amount of material required to complete job orders.
• Responsible for each job (in assigned material class) from material reservation through the start of final production.
• Determines material availability, allocation, traveler writing (including conversion travelers) and process scheduling.
• Reviews master production schedules and related information and confers with department supervisors to determine material requirements to identify overdue materials and to track material.
• Keeps backorder file in established sequence and releases backorders for issue or shipment as stock becomes available.
• Approve for payment all invoices for raw material (within assigned material class) and freight bills.
• Coordinate material thru VAR department.
• All other duties as assigned.

Required Skills:

• have knowledge of all Microsoft Office software as well as Inventory software; Order processing systems; must have expert skills in Excel spreadsheet software.
• Ability to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, sampling theory, and factor analysis.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

Experience & Education

• Bachelor's degree (B. A.) from four-year college or university; or two to five years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Physical Demands

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and taste or smell. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 35 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, and vibration. The employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions and risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

Shultz Steel Company is an equal opportunity employer. The company's policy and practice is to provide equal employment opportunities and to assure those opportunities, without regard to age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical conditions, gender, race, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation including gender identity or gender expression, religion, (including religious dress and religious grooming), mental or physical disability, legally protected medical condition, genetic information, marital status, military or veteran status, reproductive decision making, or any other status protected by applicable local, state or federal anti-discrimination laws.